They put on no weeds, but merrily they go scampering over the earth, selecting the spot, choosing a lot, ordering no iron fence, whispering all through the woods about it,some choosing the spot where the bodies of men are mouldering beneath, and meeting them half-way.

On the southern shore of a frozen lake, I encountered an extensive field of hard, granular snow, up which I scampered in fine tone, intending to follow it to its head, and cross the rocky spur against which it leans, hoping thus to come direct upon the base of the main Ritter peak.

In the hot summer, he would lie in the long grass and get cool; in the cold winter, he would scamper about and get warm.

Which announcement had no sooner been made than the greater part of "The Happy Family" sprang to their feet, and went scampering across the field in the direction of the opposite hedge.

The sound of a bugle came from the further end of the ship, and immediately men were scampering along the deck beneath as some order or other was being obeyed with that precision that characterizes the "handy man.

When he wanted to fill his bath, he had only to stop the run with his hand, and it poured over the sides into it; so that Tibbie was to be henceforth relieved of a great labour, while Willie's eyes were to be delighted with the vision, and his ears with the sounds of the water scampering through his room.

Whenever this happened the figure removed her mask and unclasped her robe, and revealed a sight which for one moment rooted the young man to the earth and in the next sent him scampering to his bark.

He should like to have a scamper of half a dozen miles with her some fine morning.

The guinea pig was nestling in the corner of his box, and the cat and the tame rat had scampered into the house long ago.

As soon as meals were over, Billy and I scampered after Miss Laura to the kitchen.

Two women and a brood of children stood in the door, and in answer to my inquiry one of the women (the children had already scampered out of sight) invited me to enter the yard.

As we trudged along, the shrill cries of alarm of the whistling marmots were heard, and the little fellows could be seen in all directions scampering for their holes.

At that fall the six men scampered from beneath the table to seize the downed man.

Or there may be a game of baseballa scampering on the bases, a home-run down the gutterto engage me for an inning.

A moment later "Rats" came scampering down the passage.

On reaching the New York depot, George rushed into the car in such a state of wild excitement that he took no notice of any one but M.; he then flew out and a man flew in, and without saying a word snatched her up in his arms, whipped her into a reclining-chair, and he and another man scampered with her to the carriage and seated her in it; I had to run to keep up with them, and nearly knocked down a gigantic policeman who was guarding it.

Pleasant new national schools at the bridge end, whither the urchins scamper at the sound of the two o'clock bell.

The huge yellow brute would stop dead short on all four legs, and as the rest of my pack would come scampering round the corner, he would find himself the centre of a ring of indomitable assailants.

Irish fashion chose to regard the scamper as a gross personal insult, that was surely not a matter for which he could reasonably be held responsible.

There were hills in the back ground, which might probably shelter vultures, kites, and the family of quadrupeds that feed upon offal, and much did I desire to mount a high trotting camel, and take a scamper amongst these hillsobliged to content myself with jogging soberly on with my party, I was fain to find amusement in the contemplation of a cavalcade, the like of which will probably not be often seen again.

Preparations were making to get a piece of light artillery to bear on us, and some twenty gunners began to scamper towards the detached battery.

Not a child scampered under the trees or chased a comrade round the Petit Guignol.

back with the reptile into his dog's shape, in which it was his wont to scamper before me at eventide, to roll before the feet of the harmless wanderer, and to fasten on his shoulders when he fell!

Egad, I'd cut off Minos's tailI'd pull out Charon's beard by the rootsmake a sop of Phlegyas, and a sup of Phlegethonunseat Pluto,kill Cerberus and the Furies with a punch of the face a-pieceand set Beelzebub scampering like a dromedary.